Sifter can



J. C. GIBBS.

SIFTER CAN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 25,1921.

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JOHN CGRYDON GIBBS, F LANCASTER, lPENNSYIflf'itlll'lli..

srt` can'.

Application filed July 25, 1921. Serial No. 487,226.

To all lwom it may camera.'

Be it known that I, JOHN Common Gines, a' citizen of the United States, reslding at Lancaster, county of Lancaster, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Sitter Cans, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation tothat type of sifter boxes, in which the orlginal retail 1o package is arranged to be used as a slfter box, and particularly to that 'class of boxes in which the top wall of the box 1s depressed below an upstanding corner bead, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

in the drawing 'l u Fig. 1 is a perspective of my lmproved boxv Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the dredgerplate adjusted for sifting;

Fig. 3 is a similarview showing the plate adjusted for filling or emptylng;

F ig. 4 is a sectional view on the line tra `of Fig. 2.

lin the drawing, designates the top wall of the can, which is, as usual in thls type of can, set below the top edge of the continuous corner bead 11. This top wall'is provided with a filling and emptying opening 12 near one end of the can, and with an upstanding sto 13 near the other end, this stop being ormed by interiorly lndentlng lthe towall. Sli ably mounted upon the top wall is a plate. 14, which tits close against the top Wall and is adapted to slide between the sto 13 and the bead at the opposite end of the can top. Ilihis plate is slidably adixed to the can top by upstanding hooks 15, which engage over the beads at the opposite side to edges of the can, these hooks being virtually channels formed integral with the. plate la,

the shape of the hoolrs being such as to closely grasp the over-hanging bead and thus securely hold the plate to the can, closely against the upper face of the top of e the can.

` vide an upstanding neck in the 'lthe dredger plate 14 is provided with a series of perforations 16 near one edge, and at its other edge it is provided with an upstanding tab 17 by which it may be manipu- 5o lated, although this plate may be slid back and forth by grasping the bead hooks 15.v

rlhe operat1on of the device is apparent from the foregoing when taken in connection with the various figures. it will be ob- ,5&3 served that l provide the combined sifting and pouring box that is exceedingly simple in construction.y It will be observed that my constructionvrenders itfunnecessary to protop wallof t@ the box, and it will be further observed that neither in its sifting position nor in its pourlng position does the plate project beyondv either end of the box top. it will be observed also that In construction avoids any projections extending above the top edge of the box, thereby contributing to economy in packing and shipping.

The combination with a box Whose top 7o Wall is provided with a filling and emptying opening at one end and with an upstanding stop near its other end, said top wallbeing depressed below the corner bead, and a dredger plate provided with perforations 7l near one end and also with upstanding channel-like hooks at its opposite edges slidably grasping'the'beads at the side edges of the top and shaped to'hold the dredger plate down on the top wall, the length of the 8\ p dredgerplate being such that when it is adjusted against the stop the yfilling-opening will be uncovered.

in testimony whereof l hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN CORYDN GIBBS.

Witnesses:

MERLE R. BRAM', lELsm lt.- Bioxr. 

